St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-25
seen at a glance. when their daily ca
pacity is considered. They can furnish
employment for 1900 men, and can
manufacture daily as follows:


manufacture daily as follows:
T afin wagons. ~
Threshing machines. Observation-Disclosures. 6
norse powers. ..'....... .-....- .''-.......
Farm engines. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. =
Sash, doors, blinds, etc., 81, 900. Bust
ness the past year i'm these works has
been managed by the receiver of the
late Car company, and has been con-
partment, no ears having been manu-
featured. From 300 to 800 citizen me-
chanicS have found employment here,
which force will be increased immedi-
ately to meet the demands of the scale
upon which the new concern intends to
prosecute business. The works are
very valuable, and are fitted
with all modern and improved ma
chinery which enables them to turn out
work of the finest description at a COM
paratively low cost. Something like
800 cOnvictS are also employed, whose
labor completes with citizens labor as
little as in any other line III which they
could be engaged. The: citizens en-
plOyed are nearly all men Of families,
whose residences are In this city, and
who find employment the entire year.
the winter months being the season in
The car works, which have been idle
for some three years, will be shortly
leased and will not be operated by the
Thresher company. The near proximity
to valuable hard wood forests and the
cheap fuel furnished by the Off-fall from
the great saw mills, render the manu-
facture of cars or any other woodwork
ing industry extremely profitable here.
OTHER FACTORIES.
A large carriage factory has been eS-
tablished here the past year and a ma
chine shop, which, with the cooper
shops, iron works, boundaries, breweries
and other manufacturing establishments
furnish employment to large force of
men.
WHOLESALE INTERESTS.
The jobbing trade of this city is con-
fined to the grocery, cigar and whisky
lines, in which some eight houses are
engaged, all of which have done a
profitable business the past year and
each of which is continually extend
ing its trade. Their yearly sales
combined aggregate nearly S1,OOO,-
600, while in the cigar line
one house rivals any house in
the state in the extent of it's business.
BUILDING AND PUBLIC WORKS.
The employment of labor the past
year, both skilled and common, has
been remarkably extensive in this city,
and at times large numbers of men have
had to be imported to prosecute the
various kinds of works under contract.
The city of Saltwater has expended
over $40, 900 during the year on sewers,
street grading and sidewalks alone.
tOber,, 1886, extending from Third
to the lake, has been COM
pleted at cost of over $4,000.
The Main street sewer at
$1,000; cutters and curbing. $500;
street grading about $4,000; sidewalks,
$500. The most important street grad
ing has been that of Third street south,
which has been done from Chestnut to
the city limits at cost of $4,000. This
street, which is the main avenue from
the business portion of the city to the
residence portion upon theSouth hill and
is travelled more than any other street
in the city, has been sidewalked, curbed
aud guttered complete, the new grade
being surfaced with fine gravel, which
makes it smooth and hard as we'll as
free from dust. The grade is
an excellent one, and this por-
ton of the city can now be
reached with comfort and convenience.
A number of other streets have also re-
ceived attention in various parts of the
city, where the work done has been
substantial and the grade excellent,
while the labor has been performed by
Saltwater people, and the money eX-
pended still remains at home.
BUILDING OPERATIONS.
While there has been no regular
building boom in the city the past year,
there has been steady and substantial
growth. Many business and residence
structures, some of them elegant ones,
have gone up during the year.
The Hersey-Bean Lumber company,
who lost their smaller mill and planning
mill early in the season, replaced
and most complete structures in the
state costing $50, 1000, which has been in
operation since July last. The Empire
brewery has added building and other
Improvements to the amount of some
$500. Seven brick stores, at an aggre-
gate cost OF $4,000, have also been
built and were all promptly occupied.
The number and cost of pub
lie buildings erected during the
past year has been unusually large.
Of these the most elaborate and impOr-
tant is the union railway station. This
splendid structure, erected by the Union
Depot, Street Railway q Transfer COM
pany, together with its platforms, side
tracks, grading and other line improve
ments, has cost over $4,000, and is the
pride of the city. Its location is at the
foot of Myrtle street, twenty-five feet of
the building, including the tower. being
built In the street. Its west front is
upon Water street, while upon the east
side is the long covered platform
extending from Myrtle to Chestnut. The
building is of brown sandstone, Gothic
in architecture and is slate-roofed. 1t is
6S feet wide and 1O6 long. The tower at
the northwest corner is rs feet in
height and will contain an illuminated
clock. At the south end of the building
is the hack stand, extending to Chest
nut street, so that the entire length of
Water street may be kept clear
and free of teams and car
riages. Its interior is divided
into the necessary ladies' and gents
waiting rooms, express and baggage
rooms, union ticket office, lunch counter
and news stand, parber shop and bath
rooms, water closets, etc. A wide cor
ridOr extends from the west or carriage
entrance to the train platforms. Above
are the telegraph office. where the CITY